This week, we are going to spend time reviewing River Role Model expectations in the Learning Commons. This will include transitioning to the tables to work on activities during check-out. Finally, we will practice lining up as we transition from one class to the next. Only when your class is able to meet the Learning Commons expectations will the Maker Space centers be rolled out to your class.

Turkey Day comes really early this year. We're going to talk a little bit about it this week and even more the week AFTER Thanksgiving.

Nelms/Weldon, Ellis-Paul and Ramos will pilot the Read Explore Create concept (Ozobots and Origami, book reviewer and read to a friend centers with Typing Club following the library lesson)

Monday's classes will review Veteran's Day (see previous post).Tuesday - Friday will learn about Thanksgiving.4th & 5th - Balloons over Broadway (Videos in Discovery Education)Students will break into groups to read facts about Macy's Balloons and share out with the group.2nd & 3rd - Tops & Bottoms (Tumblebooks) + other related storiesStudents will a complete reading comprehension activity for Tops & Bottoms. A Thanksgiving art project is also planned, as well as the Turkey Hokey Pokey.

This week we will be learning about Veteran's Day. Since it falls on Sunday, November 11th, I hope you'll be able to attend a parade in person to honor those who served in our country. Smyrna and Marietta both have parades/services scheduled for that day.

Our theme for this rotation will be informational writing. To help you with your reading comprehension and writing, we will add two new activities to our weekly class sessions: Typing Club and ReadWorks.

​This week we will share the following read-a-loud:

Fiona is a hippo at the Cincinnati Zoo who was born prematurely. Let's learn more about her in the introductory video from the Fiona YouTube Channel.​Follow up activities will include: ~ Story sequencing and retelling/vocabulary activity.~ 2nd & 3rd grade will do a Pebble Go research activity.~ 4th & 5th grade will do a follow-up writing activity using articles from NewsELA and Scholastic News.

This week we will review continents and map features, plus explore a couple of neat places in the world. There may be a Kahoot! activity as part of the lesson.

Typing Club and Read Works will also be rolled out to select enrichment classes. As we move to a more digital society with less paper, we These two skills are vital for students to perform well on the Mil

We FINALLY get to see the other half of the school! For consistency, we will mirror what we did in Block A as much as possible, but will vary instructional activities in keeping with themes, holidays and events taking place during the months of September and October.

​We will take our "show on the road" next Friday, September 7th due to Picture Day in the Media Center.

Last week we read Be Quiet, the story of Rupert and his quest to make a wordless book. As a follow up, we are going to explore wordless books this week so students will have a better understanding of this particular "genre" of book.

Basically, the reader does an in-depth picture walk of the book to create a story map and then drafts of his/her own version of what happened in the story. No two stories will be exactly alike as you'll discover when we share out.

First check-out to demonstrate understanding of RIVER expectations during checkout process.(Book care follow-up activity to be completed while waiting to be called for check-out.)Other: Tumblebooks demonstration for 2nd and 3rd grades (8-10 block); Biblionasium and intro to Book Talks for 4th AC and gifted 5th.

Big phrase for reviewing library rules and procedures, right? Well, this will be the focus of our library lessons for the first 1-2 weeks of both rotations - very much like the other enrichment teachers and your own classroom teacher(s).